Wibke Jonas

TL;DR: Oxytocin, released in a pulsatile way, and prolactin were released by breastfeeding during the second day postpartum, and women who had received oxytocin either intravenously for stimulation of labor or intramuscularly for prevention of post partum hemorrhage and/or epidural analgesia had the lowest endogenous median oxytocIn levels.

TL;DR: Breastfeeding is associated with a decrease of ACTH and cortisol levels, and skin-to-skin contact contributes to this effect, suggesting a partial dissociation between the mechanisms regulating ACTh and cortisol release.

TL;DR: A moderated mediation model showed that higher levels of depression mediated the inverse relation of high levels of early life adversity to breastfeeding duration, but only in women possessing the CC genotype and not in women with the AA/AC genotype.

TL;DR: It is concluded that women who received exogenous oxytocin during labor show similar positive personality traits during breastfeeding such as reduction in anxiety and aggression and increasing socialization, including maternal behavior, that have previously been ascribed to endogenous Oxytocin.

TL;DR: The results show that maternal anxiety dynamically changes through the postpartum period with a course that is affected by previous and current experiences.